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Wymondham Abbey

Wymondham Abbey is a grade I listed abbey in Wymondham, Norfolk. Top of the 23 other places within 15 km is Norwich Cathedral, 15 km off. Its story is told in 4 languages on Wikipedia.

Photo: Wymondham Abbey, Abbeygarth (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Wymondham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–23°C

In brief

Abbey or priory in Wymondham

Inside Wymondham

Wymondham Abbey is inside Wymondham’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Wymondham has 145 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Wymondham

Afternoons in Wymondham reach 19–23°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 2°56 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar10° / 3°48 mm

Apr14° / 4°40 mm

May17° / 7°47 mm

Jun20° / 10°64 mm

Jul22° / 12°58 mm

Aug23° / 12°64 mm

Sep19° / 10°57 mm

Oct15° / 7°69 mm

Nov10° / 4°69 mm

Dec7° / 2°63 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Wymondham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Wymondham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Wymondham’s full climate →

About

Wymondham Abbey

Grade I listed abbey in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, UK.

In Wymondham, inside the town’s built-up area.

Wymondham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Abbey or priory
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Wymondham
Official site: wymondhamabbey.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Wymondham Abbey at a glance

Orange: Wymondham Abbey.

Towns near it

Towns near Wymondham Abbey

Of the 8, Wymondham is the largest, at 16,334 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Wymondham

16,334 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 2.9 km west of it

Wicklewood

744 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 4 km southwest of it

Morley St Botolph

678 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 4.6 km southeast of it

Ashwellthorpe

547 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Wymondham Abbey is	People	Places to visit
Wymondham	It’s in town	16,334	4
Wicklewood	2.9 km west of it	744	5
Morley St Botolph	4 km southwest of it	678	5
Ashwellthorpe	4.6 km southeast of it	547	6
Wreningham	4.6 km southeast of it	304	5
Hethersett	4.8 km northeast of it	7,018	6
Morley St Peter	5.5 km southwest of it	466	1
Barford	6.2 km north of it	515	0

Make a day of it

Places to add to Wymondham Abbey

Choose from 23 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.

CathedralNorwich Cathedral15 km away 2

CastleNorwich Castle Museum14 km away 3MuseumMuseumWymondham Bridewell600 m away 4

CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral14 km away 5

Art galleryThe Sainsbury Centre10 km away 6

MuseumStrangers' Hall14 km away 7MuseumMuseumNorfolk Tank Museum10 km away 8

Heritage railwayMid-Norfolk Railway8.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Wymondham Abbey

Where is Wymondham Abbey?

Wymondham Abbey is in Wymondham, Norfolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Wymondham Abbey?

Grade I listed abbey in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Wymondham Abbey?

June to September are the warmest months in Wymondham, with afternoon highs of 19–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Wymondham Abbey a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Wymondham Abbey?

Within 15 km: Norwich Cathedral (15 km), Norwich Castle Museum (14 km), Wymondham Bridewell (600 m) and St John the Baptist Cathedral (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Wymondham Abbey: Abbeygarth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Norwich Cathedral: Aleister Crowley 20:33, 19 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Norwich Castle Museum: The original uploader was Bluemoose at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St John the Baptist Cathedral: original: Nigel Chadwick derivative work: Rabanus Flavus, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Sainsbury Centre: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Strangers' Hall: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mid-Norfolk Railway: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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